Local Government
Thursday’s presidential debates: Who will defend liberty and federalism?
The candidates best suited for the White House may be those who counsel Constitutional restraint...
August 5, 2015
Economy
Local governments are the source of housing inequality
Instead of federal tax credits and lawsuits trying to force what the market won’t or can’t do because of zoning and other restrictions, what if property owners were simply allowed to develop their property in a reasonable way?
July 27, 2015
Economy
Piketty vs. Rognlie: Land use restrictions inflate housing values, drive wealth concentration
Persistently high unemployment and poverty levels in Los Angeles might, in a free market for labor, cause some people to either reduce their wage demands to get a job or move to a location where their labor can command a higher premium. But, in the this age of welfare, housing subsidies and the minimum wage, the unemployed are less likely to move for work.
July 22, 2015
Economy
2016 election: Americans vote with their feet daily, and the winner? Texas
In 2012, Fraser ranked Texas as the freest U.S. state while Maine ranked last.
July 13, 2015
Taxes & Spending
Does California or Texas have better air quality?
California has the lock on the five dirtiest metros in all three categories of unhealthful air.
July 7, 2015
Economy
America’s future: California or Texas?
When developing policies and platforms to attract the support of America’s emerging majority, conservatives would do well to point to California as a cautionary tale while drawing inspiration from Texas.
July 6, 2015
Economy
Unemployment down to 5.3 percent? The unemployed say otherwise
Labor force participation has yet to rebound from the Great Recession.
July 2, 2015
Economy
Out on disability: What’s wrong with West Virginia (and right with North Dakota)?
A toxic lawsuit climate discourages job growth and, as working age adults find it difficult to secure a good job, it may lead them to consider lawyering up to get federal SSDI benefits.
July 2, 2015
K-12 Education
Which of the five most-populous states do best in K-12 education?
Texas must do even better, of course, and it can by following Nevada’s lead in bringing true choice to public education by passing a universal education savings account program.
June 30, 2015
Economy
Texas economic model works
In three short decades, America will look like today’s Texas or California, and, as far as poverty, jobs, taxes, regulation and welfare, the Texas model works.
June 30, 2015
Economy
Reports of Texas’ “economic stumble” were an exaggeration
So, how important are oil and gas jobs to the Texas economy? The answer is, not as much as the claims of those who seek to discount Texas’ economic success.
June 26, 2015
Energy & Environment
Millennials: A disrupting force for auto manufacturers and transportation finance
America’s love affair with the car may be cooling, or at least entering into a new, more open relationship.
June 25, 2015